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Title: Information hiding and retrieval in Rydberg wave packets using half-cycle pulses

Abstract

We demonstrate an information hiding and retrieval scheme with the relative phases between states in a Rydberg wave packet acting as the bits of a data register. We use a terahertz half-cycle pulse (HCP) to transfer phase-encoded information from an optically accessible angular momentum manifold to another manifold which is not directly accessed by our laser pulses, effectively hiding the information from our optical interferometric measurement techniques. A subsequent HCP acting on these wave packets reintroduces the information back into the optically accessible data register manifold which can then be read out.

Authors:
; ; ;  [1];  [2]
  1. Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1120 (United States)
  2. Department of Physics, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, N9B 3P4 (Canada)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
20863922
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Physical Review. A
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 74; Journal Issue: 4; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.74.043402; (c) 2006 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1050-2947
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; ANGULAR MOMENTUM; INFORMATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LASER RADIATION; OPTICS; PULSES; QUANTUM MECHANICS; READOUT SYSTEMS; RYDBERG STATES; THZ RANGE; WAVE PACKETS

Citation Formats

Murray, J M, Pisharody, S N, Wen, H, Bucksbaum, P H, and Rangan, C. Information hiding and retrieval in Rydberg wave packets using half-cycle pulses. United States: N. p., 2006. Web. doi:10.1103/PHYSREVA.74.043402.
Murray, J M, Pisharody, S N, Wen, H, Bucksbaum, P H, & Rangan, C. Information hiding and retrieval in Rydberg wave packets using half-cycle pulses. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.74.043402
Murray, J M, Pisharody, S N, Wen, H, Bucksbaum, P H, and Rangan, C. 2006. "Information hiding and retrieval in Rydberg wave packets using half-cycle pulses". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.74.043402.
@article{osti_20863922,
title = {Information hiding and retrieval in Rydberg wave packets using half-cycle pulses},
author = {Murray, J M and Pisharody, S N and Wen, H and Bucksbaum, P H and Rangan, C},
abstractNote = {We demonstrate an information hiding and retrieval scheme with the relative phases between states in a Rydberg wave packet acting as the bits of a data register. We use a terahertz half-cycle pulse (HCP) to transfer phase-encoded information from an optically accessible angular momentum manifold to another manifold which is not directly accessed by our laser pulses, effectively hiding the information from our optical interferometric measurement techniques. A subsequent HCP acting on these wave packets reintroduces the information back into the optically accessible data register manifold which can then be read out.},
doi = {10.1103/PHYSREVA.74.043402},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/20863922}, journal = {Physical Review. A},
issn = {1050-2947},
number = 4,
volume = 74,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2006},
month = {Sun Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2006}
}